Project Management Guidance
Project Management Guidance provides a list of policies, guidance, references, and helpful links for the administration of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds.
- Information for Workforce Partners
The EDD offers workforce partners a variety of policy and guidance information, programs, services, and resources to address the skill development needs of California’s workforce.
- CalJOBS Cash Request, Directive WSD16-17 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding drawing down cash to pay for expenditures incurred against a subgrant.
- CalJOBS Participant Reporting, Directive WSD20-10 (PDF)
Provides guidance regarding Workforce Investment Act, Wagner-Peyser Act, and Trade Adjustment Act reporting requirements.
- Data Change Request Form Procedure WSD18-02 (PDF)
Provides guidance on changing or updating participant data to correct data entry errors and other errors beyond the control of staff.
- Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL)
Information about California’s statewide list of qualified training providers offering a wide range of educational programs, including classroom, correspondence, online, and apprenticeship programs.
- CalJOBS Activity Codes, Workforce Services Directive 19-06 (PDF)
Provides an overview of activity codes and their definitions available for use in the CalJOBS system.
- Mandated Use of One Integrated Data System – Direct Data Key Entry Into CalJOBS, Directive WSD16-23 (PDF)
All WIOA funding recipients and subrecipients not using CalJOBS for direct entry of WIOA data are required to be fully transitioned and be direct key entry users of CalJOBS by July 1, 2018.
- 15 Percent Project Requirements, Directive WIAD02-14 (PDF)
Summarizes the Workforce Investment Act and State of California requirements regarding the Governor’s WIA 15 Percent Reserve for statewide Employment and Training Activities.
- Selective Service Registration WSD16-18 (PDF)
Provides guidance on Selective Service registration requirements for participation in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funded services.
- Title 1 Eligibility, Directive WSD14-4 (PDF)
Provides guidance for determining an individual’s eligibility to participate in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title I programs.
- WIOA Adult Program Priority of Service, Directive WSD15-14 (PDF)
Provides definition of services in details of priority of services for eligible adults.
- WIOA Youth Program Requirements, Directive WSD17-07 (PDF)
Provides guidance for youth program and eligibility requirements.
- Allowable costs and prior written approval, Directive WSD16-16 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding general cost principles, allowable costs, and prior written approval related to WIOA funds with the table by circumstance and reflected sections.
- Indirect Cost Rates, Directive WSD18-15 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures on indirect cost rate and its approval.
- Consultant Services and Pay, Directive WSD21-05 (PDF)
Provides guidance on the use of professional and consultant services and applies to all subrecipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
- Procurement of Equipment and Related Services, Directive WSD17-08
Provides guidance on the use of professional and consultant services and applies to all subrecipients of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
- Program Income, Directive WSD15-25 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes the procedures for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program income.
- Property – Purchasing, Inventory, and Disposal, Directive WSD16-10 (PDF)
Explains state and federal requirements applying to all subrecipients and their lower-tier subrecipients who plan to purchase property (totaling $5,000 or more) or purchase, rent, license, maintain, or subscribe to information-technology applications/software/services (totaling $5,000 or more) within a twelve-month period.
- Monthly and Quarterly Financial Reporting Requirements, Directive WSD19-05 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding monthly and quarterly financial reporting requirements including state-imposed requirements
- Subrecipient and Contractor Distinctions WSD18-06 (PDF)
Establishes the procedures regarding the distinction between subrecipients and contractors as well as the roles and responsibilities for all parties of an agreement.
- Unilateral De-Obligation, Directive WSD16-03 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding the de-obligation or cancellation of funds when a project is lagging in relation to Governor’s Discretionary and 25 percent Additional Assistance, Rapid Response, and Layoff Aversion funds.
- WIOA Closeout Requirements, Directive WSD16-05 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding the closeout of all Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act program activities.
- EDD email subscription services
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- EDD Active Directives
A listing of active Directives and Draft Directives open for comment and closed for comment.
- EDD Information Notices: announcements, general information, and procedural guidance on departmental programs
A listing of information notices issued by the EDD’s Workforce Services Branch to disseminate announcements, general information, and procedural guidance on departmental programs for EDD staff, workforce partners, stakeholders, and other individuals in the workforce development system.
- WIOA: Workforce Investment Opportunity Act
Information regarding the implementation plan of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the state and federal level along with other resources.
- Performance Guidance WSD22-01 (PDF)
Guidance and procedures for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act six primary indicators of performance for all Title I subrecipients.
- Organizational Information Change, Directive WSD17-06 (PDF)
Provides guidance to all recipients of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding and America’s Job Center of California operators on how to submit organization or office information to the EDD.
- WIOA Grievance and Complaint Resolution Procedures WSD18-05 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding grievances and complaints alleging noncriminal violations of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I requirements. This policy applies to all WIOA Title I recipients and subrecipients.
- Incident Reporting, Directive WSD20-12 (PDF)
Provides procedures for reporting criminal activity and noncriminal complaints to the Compliance Review Office of the EDD and the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General.
- Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Procedures, Directive WSD17-01 (PDF)
Provides guidance and establishes procedures regarding priority of service for recipients of public assistance, low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient served with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act adult funds.
- Standards for Oversight and Instructions for Substate Monitoring, Directive WIAD00-7 (PDF)
Provides standards for the Local Workforce Investment Board’s oversight responsibilities regarding the Workforce Investment Act.
- Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL)
Information about California’s statewide list of qualified training providers offering a wide range of educational programs, including classroom, correspondence, online, and apprenticeship programs.
- WIA Training Expenditure Requirements, Directive WSD18-10 (PDF)
Provides guidance regarding WIOA training expenditures requirements including definition of match and in-kind funds, types of training and examples of calculations.
- Training & Employment Guidance Letters (TEGL), Training & Employment Notice (TEN)
Search and view for Training & Employment Guidance Letters or Notices issued by U.S. Department of Labor.
- U.S. Department of Labor (U.S. DOL) - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Information and updates regarding the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act by U.S. DOL.
- Office of Management and Budget Circulars (OMB)
Directory of circulars issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
- Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 15-14: Implementation of the New Uniform Guidance Regulations
Provides guidance to Employment and Training Administration grantees on the implementation of the Department of Labor’s "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" regulation.
- Uniform Guidance Grants and Agreements, Title 2 CFR Part 2900
An outline of Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations, Grants and Agreements, Part 2900 regarding Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.
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